Why not many LR3 in the marked

[psp1234]

Planing to buy 2008 or 2009 LR3, I didn't find many lr3 in the market.

 

[Houm_WA]

Why are you buying one?

 

[psp1234]

Minneapolis MN

 

[Houm_WA]

I asked "why" not "where." If there aren't many in the market you might ask what you really are going to do with the vehicle. Maybe a different vehicle would suit your needs better. If you are going to off-road with it or are a long-time Land Rover loyalist I would say "go for it."

Otherwise, I drove a LOT of other vehicles in this class that had many superlatives that beat the LR3 in everything but off-road use and maybe cargo....and cool-factor. ...but the LR3 has its quirks, and you have to be aware of those and willing to take them on.

 

[bbyer]

Yes, you really have to want one.

"Why" is a good question. I still ask myself that question - usually "after another thousand dollar oil change - well this time it was fifteen hundred - just routine maintenance stuff - nothing actually wrong.

The best answers I have are:

a) the radio - it is like bringing the Boston Pops along in the back seat. For Heavy Metal it is not the best, but for real music, wow!

b) the solid body - only the Mercedes G Wagon is more solid. The G Wagon doors sound vault like, the 3, almost.

c) the air suspension - yes, it has its troubles but it does have some positives, so much so that Jeep is experimenting with it now. The low entry level really does have value both for loading stuff in the rear and for older people - perhaps Grandma.

d) the Xenon projector headlights - if you have them, you will not want to ever go back to mere halogen - more because of the improved pattern rather than colour - blue is bad and that is why the LR has the 4300K colour.

e) the second row of seats - passengers actually like riding back there - they feel special. I think this is because of the raised seating position and the second sun roof - just feels good.

f) the cargo area - I think one can get bigger stuff in there than you can in a Tahoe - something to do with the rectangular shape of the rear hatch vs the rounded corners of the Tahoe. The Tahoe should carry more but you cannot get it in; also the folded down seats take up more space.

g) stability - the stability/anti skid program combined with full time all wheel drive is a pretty good combination. Stats show that LR has the fewest single vehicle accidents of any, a polite way of saying owners do not tend to unintentionally drive them off the road. Actually that was one reason I do recall as to why I purchased it - to remain on the road - off road and upside down is too common in this part of the arctic - a daily concern in the winter.

Well that is about all I can think of right now - but the idea is that you really have to want one as to keep it going, it take either money or dedication - well, maybe both.

 

[roverman]

Way to throw out a lot of information for your first post. I found 21 on autotrader alone within a few hundred miles of Minneapolis. How many are you looking to buy?

 

[bgsntth]

I imagine there are not a lot of 2009's. As I recall, they built a lot of 2008's that ended up being sold at massive discounts; which, caused them to build less 2009's. The 2009's also had configurations that reflected the recessionary times.

 

[4advtr]

"Why" is a good question. I still ask myself that question - usually "after another thousand dollar oil change - well this time it was fifteen hundred - just routine maintenance stuff - nothing actually wrong.

The best answers I have are:

a) the radio - it is like bringing the Boston Pops along in the back seat. For Heavy Metal it is not the best, but for real music, wow!

b) the solid body - only the Mercedes G Wagon is more solid. The G Wagon doors sound vault like, the 3, almost.

c) the air suspension - yes, it has its troubles but it does have some positives, so much so that Jeep is experimenting with it now. The low entry level really does have value both for loading stuff in the rear and for older people - perhaps Grandma.

d) the Xenon projector headlights - if you have them, you will not want to ever go back to mere halogen - more because of the improved pattern rather than colour - blue is bad and that is why the LR has the 4300K colour.

e) the second row of seats - passengers actually like riding back there - they feel special. I think this is because of the raised seating position and the second sun roof - just feels good.

f) the cargo area - I think one can get bigger stuff in there than you can in a Tahoe - something to do with the rectangular shape of the rear hatch vs the rounded corners of the Tahoe. The Tahoe should carry more but you cannot get it in; also the folded down seats take up more space.

g) stability - the stability/anti skid program combined with full time all wheel drive is a pretty good combination. Stats show that LR has the fewest single vehicle accidents of any, a polite way of saying owners do not tend to unintentionally drive them off the road. Actually that was one reason I do recall as to why I purchased it - to remain on the road - off road and upside down is too common in this part of the arctic - a daily concern in the winter.

Well that is about all I can think of right now - but the idea is that you really have to want one as to keep it going, it take either money or dedication - well, maybe both.

This is exactly why I got mine as well. I tried to take an honest look at all the LR3 competitors out there before we bought ours. We are longtime Land Rover owners so we know them well. In the end I loved the Touraeg TDI, but really not so much the Toureag part but the TDI as they took all off-road capability out of the new ones. I do really love the LR3 but kind of wished I would have sucked it up and just got an LR4. Depending on what the new discovery's look like in a few years I may or may not upgrade to that.

 

[CMGRover]

I got mine because when I lived in Florida I couldn't find a 4WD Commander. And I just had to get rid of the Durango that weekend for some reason.

 

[psp1234]

Finally purchased 2008 LR3 SE with 33k miles for 26500.